Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas had hoped victory in Abu Dhabi a year ago would set him up for a season of success but, 20 races on and despite his team again scooping both Formula 1 titles this season, it remains his last win. The 29-year-old Finn has one last chance to avoid a season’s blank, a rarity when driving a title-winning car, and travels to the Yas Marina circuit next week ready to start over with 2019 in mind. “It is possible,” he told Reuters, at a factory celebration of Mercedes’ fifth successive title double and teammate Lewis Hamilton’s fifth drivers’ crown, when asked whether he could repeat last year’s triple of pole, win and fastest lap. “Last year I had...
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